Grantee Spotlight Blog Series: Pineview Hills Neighborhood Association
Grantee Spotlight Blog Series: Pineview Hills Neighborhood Association This week’s blog is written by Marshall Irby, Neighborhood Association Member, Pineview Hills Neighborhood Association Pineview Hills Neighborhood Association was awarded $70,100 in the 2019 Mary Black Foundation grant cycle in...
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Girls on the Run of Spartanburg Expands Across the Upstate
Girls on the Run of Spartanburg Expands Across the Upstate This week’s blog is written by Mary Ann Cleland, Executive Director, Girls on the Run of Spartanburg Girls on the Run of Spartanburg has recently merged with Girls on...
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Connecting the Past with the Future
Connecting the Past with the Future This week’s blog is written by Kevin Stiens, Parks and Recreation Director, Spartanburg County Parks Department The Spartanburg County Parks Department recently completed renovations to historic Berry Field. While Berry Field is part...
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An Innovative Program to Tackle Nutritional Poverty
An Innovative Program to Tackle Nutritional Poverty This week’s blog is written by Tonja Ruth Smith , Founder/ Executive Director, Ruth’s Gleanings What is Ruth’s Gleanings? A local organization, Ruth’s Gleanings, has launched an innovative program to tackle nutritional...
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The Finish Line is Just the Beginning!
The Finish Line is Just the Beginning! This week’s blog is written by Mary Ann Cleland, Council Director, Girls on the Run of Spartanburg The Race Please join the Girls on the Run of Spartanburg for the Celebration 5K...
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Complete Parks: Spartanburg’s Strategy to Tackle Health Inequities through Civic Engagement
This week’s blog is written by Kim Moultrie, Parks and Recreation Director, City of Spartanburg Parks and Recreation In February, I attended my first Active Living Research Conference. This conference brings together active living researchers and champions from over...
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Welcome New Healthy Eating | Active Living Partners
This past January 7, Spartanburg welcomed three bright and eager individuals into the world of Healthy Eating | Active Living. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Alissa Duncan, Jordan Wolfe and Siobhan Saul for a conversation on...
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Reflections of the HealthyCommunity50 Challenge
Spartanburg County’s participation in the two-year national HealthyCommunity50 challenge is concluding. As a community, we have sought to improve health through a focus on physical activity. We celebrate the ways by which local municipalities led in these efforts. When...
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Reflections: Road to Better Health Annual Meeting
Today’s blog was written by Lori Boyd, Coordinator, Joe R. Utley Heart Resource Center, Spartanburg Regional Health System If you know about Spartanburg’s Road to Better Health, you know that one of the taskforce focus areas is Health Equity. This...
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The Healthy Schools Initiative
In fall of 2016, the Mary Black Foundation (MBF) began a new four-year initiative within the focus area of Healthy Eating | Active Living: the Spartanburg Healthy Schools Initiative (SHSI). MBF’s long-term goals for the work of Healthy Eating...
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